The Origins of Medieval Architecture: Building in Europe, A.D. 600-900 by McClendon, Charles B

New Haven, Yale University Press, 2005. Hard Cover. [xii], 264 p., illus. (some color), maps; 29 cm. Contents: The "Dark Ages"-- The legacy of late antiquity-- The Roman response to the cult of relics-- Romanitas and the barbarian West-- The Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England-- The Carolingian era-- Symbols of the new alliance-- Aachen and Rome: the poles of an empire-- Private patronage and personal taste-- The monastic realm: ideal and reality-- The innovations of later Carolingian architecture-- Epilogue. the architectural contribution of the early middle ages. ISBN (10): 0300106882. Stock#L-219. Fine / dj fine.